#din

On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#buildings #dusty #east #fallen #fled

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#done #else #i #including #life

I'm hoping to become a recording artist and make albums and go on tour. ↗

— Skylar Laine

#artist #become #go #hoping #i

Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair. ↗

— R. D. Laing

#despair #schizophrenia #understanding #understood #without

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love. ↗

— R. D. Laing

#effectively #love #masquerading #ourselves #violence

There is no standing still because time is moving forward. ↗

— Greg Lake

#forward #moving #moving forward #standing #still

I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#cook #dinner #finishing #girl #gonna

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#course #dress #during #filming #gain

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#associate #blessed #came #children #dividing

I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#baby #bedtime #between #catching #collapse